Looking forward to Holy Week and Easter

The Launde Deanery service will be at Hallaton church at 11am, Sunday 29th March 2026

EVERYONE WELCOME

Palm Sunday

The season of Lent is almost over, as this weekend we reflect upon and remember Jesus’s last week before his death upon the cross. This weekend, Christians celebrate Palm Sunday and remember Jesus’s arrival to Jerusalem on a donkey; his way strewn in palm branches by the people, singing ‘Hosanna’. Traditionally, in churches all over the world, crosses made from the fronds of palms are given to children and adults to carry with them. Next year, any left over are burnt and the ashes mixed with scented oil. This paste is used by priests to mark the heads of penitents at the start of Lent – and the cycle of Lent and Easter starts again.

More about Palm Sunday

The Church of England has a really useful guide online called Palm Sunday Fact File which you might enjoy reading

Photo by Maxine Dodd of a collection of seven Palm Sunday crosses, against a black background. The crosses are handmade from fronds of real palm trees, used by the people to greet Jesus as he arrived in Jerusalem at the start of Holy Week.
Traditional Palm Crosses by Maxine Dodd

Worship for Launde Deanery Minster Community

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St Peter’s and the Langtons churches are part of the wider Launde Deanery Minster Community, which serves all the villages in south east Leicestershire. Revd Crystal McAllister, Minster Community Oversight Minister with the team look after the services.

The Minster Community offers various activities and gatherings too – Find out what’s on this month on our What’s On page.

Zoom Services – Every Week

All the details are found here and you can worship even if you aren’t able to join us in person. There is a weekly service on Saturday live from Gaulby and Sunday worship too. Click the link below for the details and then links from there for Sunday and Saturday worship.

Launde Minster Community Newsletter

We are delighted to present our newsletter full of information about our worship community in south Leicestershire. The link below takes you to the page where all the newsletters are found, and from there you can download each one individually. The most recent edition is shown at the top of the list and dated. Click on the download button to read.

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Worship for Launde Deanery – October 2025

Welcome to October and the beautiful season of Autumn. This month is notable for its Hunter’s Moon – In fact, this special moon is the first of three ‘Supermoons’ of 2025, when the moon is closest to the Earth – and seems especially bright and large in the sky. Here in our minster community, there are many places to see these incredible full moons.

New month and new service pattern

See below and download the service pattern for all our churches throughout the month ahead. You can click the image below to enlarge and view – or click the button below to download a version that you can print at home.

Enjoy the beautiful and bountiful season of Autumn and we look forward to seeing you soon,

First edition of Launde Minster Community Newsletter

We are delighted to present our newsletter full of information about our worship community in south Leicestershire.

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Launde Deanery October 2025